About Ukraine and the war
Background information about Ukraine, Russia, and Russia’s centuries-old war on Ukraine.
How to help
- UNITED24 – Official fundraising platform of Ukraine
- Come Back Alive Foundation
- Dzyga’s Paw
- Gift for Putin – Fundraiser of weapons to Ukraine
- Nemesis Drones for Ukraine
- NAFO x Soup Central Merch (The profits from your purchases are donated to Ukraine’s Defenders)
- Join NAFO!
- Drink Vatnik Soup Beer!
Spellings
| Wrong | Correct | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| The Ukraine | Ukraine | “It’s ‘Ukraine,’ not ‘the Ukraine’ – here’s why” |
| Kiev | Kyiv | “Transliterations based on Russian names became common practice because of aggressive Russification policies from the Russian Imperial and later Soviet governments.” |
| Zelensky | Zelenskyy | |
| Donbass | Donbas | |
| Odessa | Odesa |
Russia’s war on Ukraine
- Vladimir Putin
- Peace negotiations
- Genocide in Ukraine
- Russification
- Russian nazis
- Russian Nazis, part 2
- NATO expansion
- The Revolution of Dignity
- Propaganda through architecture and rebuilding
- Russia’s penal military units
- Consequences of a Russian victory
Lectures & documentaries
- Timothy Snyder, The Making of Modern Ukraine
- Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
- 20 Days in Mariupol
- THE PURE EVIL. Stories of Ukrainian women raped by russian soldiers
Documents and essential articles
- “What should Russia do with Ukraine?” (Wikipedia: What Russia Should Do with Ukraine) (Finnish translation by Pekka Kallioniemi)
- Wikipedia: Russian filtration camps for Ukrainians
- Michael McFaul and Robert Person, “Why Putin Invaded Ukraine”
Information sources
- Information sources
- Ukraine Fact Check
- War Crimes Watch Ukraine – Documented events involving potential war crimes in Ukraine
- Propastop (“Propastop is a blog aimed at cleaning Estonia from propaganda, false information and media lie”)
- Desk Russie (“Russian News Deciphered Just for You”)
- Russian Media Monitor (Julia Davis)
- Kost Elisevich – Ukraine: Essays on a Nation’s Fight for Survival
See also
Books
Russian disinformation operations, history books needed to learn the facts they lie about, etc.
